Best Steven Soderbergh film?

The Limey for me. It tells a great noir tale, Terence Stamp is amazing in it, etc., but I really love all the experimentation from the camera placements to the forward and backward jumps in time. Besides having the most of what I like about his movies, I feel like it has the best combination of indie Soderbergh and Hollywood Soderbergh. I haven't seen Sex, Lies and Videotape or Solaris yet.

Pretty much every movie I've seen from him was disappointing except Sex Lies and Videotape.

Of what I've seen:

1. Traffic
2. Logan Lucky
3. Sex, Lies & Videotape
4. Erin Brockovich

1) Erin Brockovich
2) The Limey
3) Magic Mike
4) Traffic
5) Sex Lies and Videotape

Ugh. Couldn’t stand Erin Brockevich.
I’m also not really much of a fan of his to begin, although I do love Traffic and enjoyed The Informant! From what I remember. Out of Sight, and a few others are good.
I need to go back and give his filmography a proper watch sometime, particularly Sex, Lies and Videotapes and The Limey but he’s not really a high priority.

I've seen a handful of them, and its Ocean's 11 for me. I'm biased towards casino movies though, so if I skip that subgenre, probably Traffic or Contagion.

Has anyone seen his No Sudden Move (2021) yet?
Benicio Del Toro, Don Cheadle, John Hamm, Brendan Fraser.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Sudden_Move

Yes.

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1. Solaris
2. Bubble
3. Sex, Lies, and Videotape
4. Full Frontal
5. Out of Sight
6. The Limey
7. Mosaic
8. King of the Hill
9. Behind the Candelabra
10. The Underneath
11. Traffic
11. Unsane
12. Magic Mike
13. Ocean's Twelve
14. The Informant
15. Ocean's Thirteen
16. Logan Lucky
17. High Flying Bird
18. Ocean's Eleven
19. No Sudden Move

No Sudden Move (2021)

Director/cinematographer: Steven Soderbergh; Screenplay: Ed Solomon; Actors: Don Cheadle, Benecio del Toro, David Harbour, John Hamm, Ray Liotta, Brendan Fraser, and others.

This is a very well put together, watchable movie that nevertheless felt vaguely recognizable. It put me in mind a little of the 4thseason of Fargo: set in the '50s, black mob, Italian Mob, unusual plotting-- but with a great MacGuffin: plans for the first automotive catalytic converter. Here it’s unique because the MacGuffin goes through several permutations.

The story starts off in a familiar manner, with 3 gangsters employed to hold hostage a family while the banker husband is taken to his bank to steal some valuable documents. However the plot soon fans out several ways, and involves an eclectic groups of players.

The editing and photography were outstanding, and the music score by David Holmes was tasteful and period specific.

The acting was predictably good, given the heft of the crew. The standout for me was David Harbour (known for his role as Jim Hopper in Stranger Things) playing a nuanced Matt Wertz, the kidnapped character with a double life. The nadir was Matt Damon playing Mr. Big in an uncredited role. Perhaps if his part was to have been credited he would have tried a little harder. Truthfully, it was a matter of miscasting. Ray Liotta did a nice turn, who was almost unrecognizable in his role as Frank Capelli, a mob ruler. And a somewhat aging Don Cheadle nicely carried the central character, Curt Goynes, a small time gangster who gets in over his head.

The film does drag a bit in the middle, but soon gets back on course. The picture definitely has Soderbergh's stamp on it, and it holds one's interest from start to finish.

Doc's rating: 8/10

One of my fave movies & Julia’s best IMO.

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